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Requirements
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- Installation Requirements
- Java SE (Required)
- NeXtMidas 2.4.x requires Java 1.4.2 or later.
- Java 5 is the current recommendation.
- Generally, when Sun Microsystems stops supporting a Java release,
NeXtMidas will as well.
- Sun typically supports the current version plus the two previous
versions (as of Aug 2007, Java 6 was the current version and Java
5 and Java 1.4.2 were the two previous versions).
- Except where noted in the Release Notes, NeXtMidas only supports
those Java versions that are released by Sun Microsystems
(http://java.sun.com/). (Other
versions of Java have been reported to work, but the NeXtMidas team
does not test against them.)
- C/C++ Compiler (Optional)
- Optional, but highly-recommended for Unix users.
- Defaults to the GNU C Compiler (gcc) on Linux, DLLs for
the SYS option tree are delivered with the baseline for Windows.
- Some option trees (such as XBC) may require a C/C++ compiler.
- Consult the NeXtMidas User's
Guide for information on changing your native compiler.
- Fortran Compiler (Optional)
- Optional, only used along with the XBC (X-Midas Backwards Compatibility)
option tree. XBC allows X-Midas host primitives (written in Fortran)
to be used from NeXtMidas.
- Please see the Release Notes for details on the supported compilers.
Note that the Portland Group 6.x and Promula compilers will NOT work.
- See the X-Midas Interoperability module
for details.
X-Midas Users Take Note: |
If you plan to run NeXtMidas as an option tree for X-Midas (NeXtOpt),
you will need to have Java, a C/C++ compiler and a Fortran compiler
installed. For details on the C/C++ and Fortran compiler requirements
please see the X-Midas Release Notes.
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Java Experts Take Note: |
Since the release of Java 5, Java versions are commonly referred to by
the middle digit of the version number. For example, Java 5 refers to
Java version 1.5.0 and Java 6 refers to Java 1.6.0. The two names are
used interchangeably, but "Java 5" is preferred over "Java 1.5.0" (a
quick Google search will show more than a 6:1 preference for "Java 5"
over "Java 1.5.0"). (This change only applies to
Java 5 and later, it does NOT apply to Java 1.4.2.)
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